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94-415: The BCMP was formed following the 2000 federal election . Marc Emery , the founder and current president of the party, formed the party the day after the 2000 vote. The BCMP made provincial history during the 2001 provincial election that came six months later, by being the only party to ever field candidates in all of the province's ridings during their first election campaign. Brian Taylor served as

188-424: A recall election in that it is initiated by politicians (usually the head of government or ruling party) rather than voters, and from a by-election in that a completely new parliament is chosen as opposed to merely filling vacancies in an already established assembly. Early elections can also be called in certain jurisdictions after a ruling coalition is dissolved if a replacement coalition cannot be formed within

282-634: A Liberal Party candidate in his province. During the campaign, Chrétien apologized to Atlantic Canadians for the negative impact of employment insurance reforms which had caused hardship in Atlantic Canada. In Quebec, the Liberal Party benefited from the collapse of support for the Progressive Conservative Party, after the PCs' popular Québécois leader Jean Charest had resigned in 1998 and

376-426: A constitutionally set time limit. Since the power to call snap elections (the dissolution of parliament ) usually lies with the incumbent, they often result in increased majorities for the party already in power provided they have been called at an advantageous time. However, snap elections can also backfire on the incumbent resulting in a decreased majority or in some cases the opposition winning or gaining power. As

470-569: A half years (with a maximum allowed mandate of five years). The governing Liberal Party of Canada won a third consecutive majority government, winning more seats than in 1997. The Canadian Alliance only made minor gains, and an Eastern breakthrough did not happen. The Bloc Québécois , New Democratic Party and the Progressive Conservatives all suffered slight losses. This was the last election as of 2024 in which an incumbent government successfully defended its parliamentary majority. It

564-576: A health accord with all premiers in September 2000 that involved major projected increases to public health care spending. Overall, the Liberals increased their number of seats in the House of Commons from 155 seats to 172 seats. They also won the popular vote in their former stronghold of Quebec for the first time since 1980, though they narrowly fell short of winning the most seats in the province, winning 36 seats to

658-411: A history of coalition minority governments , and due to this system, a party normally providing parliamentary support for the sitting government while not being part of it, can choose to deprive the government of a parliamentary majority regarding a specific vote, but at the same time avoid calling new elections since any vote of no confidence takes place as a separate procedure. Notably, Denmark faced

752-483: A number of very short parliaments in the 1970s and the 1980s. Prime Minister Poul Schlüter lead a series of coalition minority governments calling elections in both 1984 , 1987 , 1988 and 1990 . Likewise, his predecessors called elections in 1971 , 1973 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979 and 1981 . For more than 40 years, no Danish parliament has sat its full four-year term, although Lars Løkke II and Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet came very close in 2019 , in all cases,

846-455: A possible rise of support to the newly formed Canadian Alliance, to stop the leadership ambitions of Paul Martin , and to capitalize on the nostalgia created by the recent death of Pierre Trudeau . At the time of the election, the Canadian economy was strong and there were few immediate negative issues, as the opposition parties were not prepared for the campaign. The major issue in the election

940-566: A result of the latter cases, there have been occasions in which the consequence has been the implementation of fixed-term elections. According to Section 84 of the Constitution of Belize , the National Assembly must be dissolved "five years from the date when the two Houses of the former National Assembly first met" unless dissolved sooner by the governor-general upon the advice of the prime minister. Since Belize gained independence from

1034-451: A rookie NDP candidate. A similar result occurred in Alberta in 2015 when Premier Jim Prentice of the governing Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta called a snap election. A few months before, 11 MLAs including their leader from the official opposition Wildrose Party had crossed the floor to sit with the government. However, the province was entering an economic recession due to

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1128-464: A second election would be held. The June 2012 legislative election resulted in the formation of a coalition government. In 2015, after the bailout referendum , in which the proposed bailout program was rejected with a 61.31% majority, the Syriza government accepted the program, relying on votes from the opposition parties New Democracy , PASOK and The River . Since many Syriza MPs refused to support

1222-467: A series of corruption charges, and no agreement between the parties could be reached leading to the government's defeat. Sonia Gandhi , as leader of the opposition and largest opposition party ( Indian National Congress ) was unable to form a coalition of parties large enough to secure a working majority in the Lok Sabha. Thus shortly after the no confidence motion, President K. R. Narayanan dissolved

1316-583: A snap 2024 legislative election was called, presidential and parliamentary terms were synchronized, with the National Assembly elected a few weeks after the president, reducing the risk of a cohabitation . The Senate , which is the upper house, can never be dissolved prematurely. In the Federal Republic of Germany, elections to the Bundestag must take place within 46–48 months (every four years) after

1410-535: A snap election was held on 12 June 1996 , where Awami-League won a simple majority by beating its bitter rival BNP and stayed in power for the next five years. On 17 April 1999, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee failed a to win a confidence vote in the Lok Sabha (India's lower house), falling short a single vote due to the withdrawal of one of

1504-496: A staged kidnapping and the moving of 130 members of the Punjab Assembly to the capital to ensure they stayed loyal to Sharif. Meanwhile, the leader of the main opposition party Benazir Bhutto threatened to lead a march on Islamabad unless new elections were called. Finally on 18 July, under pressure from the army to resolve the power struggle, Sharif and Khan resigned as prime minister and president respectively. Elections for

1598-437: Is that of 1958 , where Prime Minister John Diefenbaker called an election just nine months after the previous one and transformed his minority government into the largest majority in the history of Canada up to that date. A snap election was also called in the province of Ontario in 1990, three years into Premier David Peterson 's term. Peterson was polling at 54%, lower than his peak popularity but still well above

1692-535: Is not required to call for a snap election, even if the prime minister asks for it, provided that the Parliament is able to form a new working majority (President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro denied snap election to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after the loss of confidence in 1994). Early general elections were held in Luxembourg on 20 October 2013. The elections were called after Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker , at

1786-510: The COVID-19 pandemic , and consequently the thirty-fifth government of Israel was formed. However, another snap election was held in 2021 after collapse of the coalition government. In Japan , a snap election is called when a prime minister dissolves the lower house of the National Diet . The act is based on Article 7 of the Constitution of Japan , which can be interpreted as saying that

1880-744: The Dominion of Ceylon , House of Representatives, the Lower House of the Parliament of Ceylon , is elected to a 5 year term. Senate of Ceylon , which is the Upper House, cannot by dissolved. The Prime Minister shall request the Governor-General to dissolve the House of Representatives and call a General Election at a required time. As the Senate of Ceylon was abolished in 1971, The Constitution of 1978 , introduced

1974-479: The House of Commons . Snap election A snap election is an election that is called earlier than the one that has been scheduled. Generally, a snap election in a parliamentary system (the dissolution of parliament ) is called to capitalize on an unusual electoral opportunity or to decide a pressing issue, under circumstances when an election is not required by law or convention. A snap election differs from

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2068-618: The House of Commons of Canada of the 37th Parliament of Canada . Prime Minister Jean Chrétien 's Liberal Party won a third majority government . Since the previous election of 1997 , small-c conservatives had begun attempts to merge the Reform Party of Canada and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada as part of the United Alternative agenda. During that time, Jean Charest stepped down as leader of

2162-468: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) a month earlier. This government served for six months. The May 2012 legislative election produced a deadlocked parliament and attempts to form a government were unsuccessful. The constitution directs the president to dissolve a newly elected parliament that is unable to form a government. Ten days after the election, the president announced that

2256-488: The Supreme Soviet which previously consisted of former Communist legislators and paved way for a multi-party system . However due to the nature of the newly Supreme Council opposing then-President Nursultan Nazarbayev , it was dissolved a year later and were followed by 1995 legislative elections which saw pro-Nazarbayev candidates being elected as deputies. Snap elections took place in 2007 , 2012 , and 2016 under

2350-556: The United Kingdom in September 1981, snap elections have been called twice, in 1993 and 2012 . In March 2015, Belizean Prime Minister Dean Barrow ruled out the possibility of a snap election later in the year. In the November 2015 general election , Prime Minister Barrow's United Democratic Party increased its majority by 9 percent as it made Belizean history, forming its third consecutive government. In Canada , snap elections at

2444-450: The prime minister can choose to call an early election at any time, provided that any elected parliament has already been called into session at least once (Danish Constitution art. 32, sec. 2). If a government loses its majority in the Folketing , this is not automatically a vote of confidence , but such a vote may be called, and – if lost – the government calls a new election. Denmark has

2538-584: The 1997 election to the New Democratic Party and Progressive Conservative Party due to the Liberal government's imposition of quotas on Atlantic Canadian cod fisheries and the government's cuts to unemployment insurance benefits. Chrétien gained support during the campaign from former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna and former Chrétien government minister and then the current Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador , Brian Tobin resigned as Premier and ran as

2632-464: The Bloc's 38. The Canadian Alliance (the common short form name of Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance) was a new political party in the election, having been created only months earlier as the successor to the Reform Party of Canada , a party founded as a Western Canada protest party which sought to become a national party in the 1990s. Reform Party leader Preston Manning was deeply disappointed with

2726-589: The Canadian Alliance. Chrétien only spent parts of nine days campaigning in the West, including only two stops in the province of Alberta , both in the city of Edmonton while visiting the province of British Columbia only three times, and only in the cities of Victoria and Vancouver . The Liberal Party focused its effort in regaining support in Atlantic Canada , where the party had suffered serious losses in

2820-555: The Executive Presidency and increased the term length of the now Unicameral Parliament to 6 years. The President had the authority to dissolve the Parliament and call a Snap election at a required time. 19th Amendment reduced the maximum term length of the Parliament to 5 years. And the President did not had the authority to dissolve the Parliament and call an Early General Election until the expiration of 4 years and 6 months from

2914-459: The Green candidate in that particular constituency. The party ran two candidates in the 2013 election and no candidates in the 2017 election . The party de-registered with Elections BC effective October 2019. 2000 Canadian federal election Jean Chrétien Liberal Jean Chrétien Liberal The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect members to

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3008-549: The Knesset voted to dissolve itself (preventing president Reuven Rivlin from transferring the mandate for coalition formation to the second-largest party Blue and White 's leader, Benny Gantz , with respect to the process defined by the law). Thus, a snap legislative election was called, which resulted in a similar stalemate. After both Likud and Blue and White failed to form a coalition, a third consecutive snap election resulted in yet another stalemate. Progress has been made due to

3102-558: The National Assembly were called for 6 October with elections for the regional assemblies set to follow shortly afterwards. A former speaker and member of the PPP Miraj Khalid was appointed interim prime minister. The National Assembly and provincial assemblies were dissolved and elections called for 3 February 1997. Bhutto denied all the charges against herself and petitioned the Supreme Court to reverse her dismissal. However,

3196-475: The Parliament and call an Early General Election after 2 years and 6 months from the date appointed for its first meeting. Snap parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 9 December 2018, as none of the parties in the National Assembly were able to put forward and then elect a candidate for prime minister in the two-week period following the resignation of incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan . They were

3290-506: The Parliament and called fresh elections. Atal Bihari Vajpayee remained caretaker prime minister till the elections were held later that year. After the legislative election in April 2019 resulted in a political stalemate after Yisrael Beiteinu refused to join a Likud -led governing coalition, on the day transitional prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's mandate for coalition formation ended,

3384-527: The Philippines, the term "snap election" often refers to the 1986 presidential election . Marcos declared himself the official winner of the election but was eventually ousted when allegations of fraud marred the election. A new constitution approved in 1987 reverted to the presidential system, which made future snap elections unlikely. Fixed presidential elections are held every six years, with legislative elections held every three years. Previously, During

3478-710: The Progressive Conservatives and former Prime Minister Joe Clark took over the party and opposed any union with the Reform Party. In the spring of 2000, the Reform Party became the Canadian Alliance , a political party dedicated to uniting conservatives together into one party. Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning lost in a leadership race to Stockwell Day who became leader of the new Canadian Alliance party. The federal government called an early election after being in office for close to three and

3572-675: The Reform Party to unite the two parties was called the United Alternative which began in 1998, and ultimately resulted in the Alliance. The new party subsequently elected Stockwell Day as leader over Manning. The Alliance had hoped to use the 2000 election to eclipse the PC party in Ontario and Eastern Canada. The Alliance dedicated its campaign to demonstrating that the party was a national party and not as western-based as its predecessor had been perceived as. Day's more media friendly and "easy going" persona

3666-459: The Reform Party's failure to spread eastward in the 1997 election, as the Reform Party lost its only seat in Ontario in that election. Reform identified vote-splitting with its rival conservative movement, the Progressive Conservative Party as the cause for the Liberals' 1997 election victory, and Manning proposed the solution of a merger of the Reform and Progressive Conservative parties. This agenda by

3760-496: The United States for selling marijuana seeds from Canada by mail order. In the 2005 election , the party fielded 44 candidates, who won a total of 11,519 votes, or 0.64% of the province-wide total. Before the 2009 election , the party announced it would endorse Green Party candidates in every riding across the province. However, it would run two candidates to continue its party status; those candidates would also openly endorse

3854-495: The abrupt 2010s oil glut , and Prentice's budget was not well received by either the political left or right. The resulting Alberta New Democratic Party majority victory unseated 13 cabinet ministers and ended 44 years of Progressive Conservative government in Alberta. In 2021, sitting Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a snap election in an attempt to win a majority, up from his previous minority government. He justified

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3948-436: The campaign due to the drop in support for the provincial New Democratic parties over the preceding decade and amid a scandal in 2000 facing British Columbia 's NDP Premier Glen Clark who was forced to resign as Premier. Matters were made worse for the federal NDP after Saskatchewan's NDP Premier Roy Romanow resigned in 2000 after the party lost seats in the 1999 Saskatchewan provincial election, and afterwards suggested that

4042-472: The civil service, privatization of crown corporations), creating new environmental regulations, and increasing spending beginning on social programs beginning in 1998 after the budget deficit had ended and a surplus had been achieved. The Liberal Party came under attack by opposition parties for irregularities in the Department of Human Resources' Transition Job Fund program, but Chrétien managed to capably defend

4136-607: The constitution starting from 1973, and first applied in 1978, placed the country under the semi-presidential system of government, where the Batasang Pambansa (parliament) can be dissolved. During the operation of that constitution, the parliament was not dissolved, but Marcos, who had earlier been elected in 1981 for a six-year term, asked Parliament to move the 1987 presidential election to 1986, in response to growing social unrest, political and economic crises, political instability, and deteriorating peace and public order. In

4230-568: The contrast between [the Liberals and the Canadian Alliance] while warning voters about [PC leader] Joe Clark's claim that he would form a coalition with the Bloc Québécois in a minority government. The ad told Canadians not to take risks with other parties but to choose a strong, proven team". The Liberal Party entered the election with a record of ending the budgetary deficit, making major reductions in federal spending (such as by cuts to

4324-463: The court ruled in January that there was sufficient evidence for the dismissal to be justified legally. The Philippines has used the presidential system with fixed terms imposed for more of its history than not. This means that Congress cannot be dissolved, and that "snap elections" as understood under the parliamentary system cannot be invoked. However, during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos ,

4418-400: The date appointed for its first meeting. In 9 November 2018, As a result of the 2018 Constitutional crisis , President Maithripala Sirisena attempted to dissolve the Parliament and call a general election but the Supreme Court declared this move unconstitutional, which effectively set the election date back to 2020 . Under the 20th Amendment , The President has the authority to dissolve

4512-623: The dissolution of Congress by the President if a vote of no-confidence is passed two times by the legislative body, who then has four months to call for new parliamentary elections or faces impeachment. The 2020 Peruvian parliamentary elections were declared after President Martín Vizcarra dissolved Congress. There are three procedures in which federal elections can be held early in Australia: Examples of early elections in Australia: In

4606-547: The election and aimed to win thirty-two "must-win" seats. The NDP's platform and campaign focused on protecting medicare while attacking the Liberal Party for its tax cuts to wealthy Canadians and corporations. The NDP's focus on attacking the Liberals failed to recognize the surging support for the Canadian Alliance in the province of Saskatchewan, where the NDP had hoped to gain seats. The NDP failed to galvanize support, as it remained low in support in polling results throughout most of

4700-655: The election campaign. NDP leader Alexa McDonough performed badly in the French-language debate due to her not being fluent in French. In the English-language debate, McDonough attacked Alliance leader Stockwell Day for favouring two-tier health care and attacked Liberal leader Jean Chrétien for giving out tax cuts to the wealthy rather than funding Canada's public health care system. The Progressive Conservative Party aimed to regain its former place in Canadian politics under

4794-495: The election system (in 1992–1993), the frequency of snap elections has been slightly reduced since new regulations granted completion of two of four parliamentary terms. Nonetheless, snap elections still play a role in the political debate as tools considered by political parties and the Executive branch to promote their agenda or to seize political momentum. No recall election is codified in electoral regulations. The Italian President

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4888-611: The fall of the Denkov Government . Snap general elections were held in the Czech Republic on 25 and 26 October 2013, seven months before the constitutional expiry of the elected parliament 's four year legislative term. The government elected in May ;2010 led by Prime Minister Petr Nečas was forced to resign on 17 June 2013, after a corruption and bribery scandal. A caretaker government led by Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok

4982-587: The federal NDP should merge with the Liberal Party. In Nova Scotia, the provincial NDP lost seats in its 1999 election while the NDP government of the Yukon had been recently defeated. As Canada's major social democratic political party, it relied on support from the labour movement, but recent strains between the NDP and the Canadian Auto Workers union and the Canadian Labour Congress had weakened

5076-634: The federal level are very common. Section 50 of the Constitution Act, 1867 and section 4 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms limits the maximum life of a federal parliament to five years following the return of the last writs of election . A law was passed to set the election date on the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year after the previous poll , although courts found it effectively legally unenforceable and not binding on

5170-468: The federal level, for example: In 2012, Greece held snap elections in two consecutive months. The government of George Papandreou , elected in the 2009 legislative election , had resigned in November 2011. Instead of triggering an immediate snap election, the government was replaced by a national unity government which had a remit to ratify and implement decisions taken with other Eurozone countries and

5264-535: The first elections following the 2018 revolution and the country's first-ever snap elections. Snap elections are possible for the Federal Parliament of Belgium , but not for the regional parliaments. The last snap election was held in 2010 . Technically, usually the federal parliament is dissolved by means of a Declaration of Revision of the Constitution (automatically triggering an election), just before

5358-523: The first sitting of the previous chamber. The Federal President may only dissolve the chamber prematurely if the government loses a confidence motion (at the request of the Chancellor), or if no majority government can be formed. In most German states, the parliament is able to dissolve itself. This explains why there have been many more snap elections, actual, intended, or cancelled, in German states compared to

5452-639: The fixed election dates. In the Australian Capital Territory , the federal government also has the ability to call a snap election in instances of incapacitation or gross misconduct of the Legislative Assembly . As federal territories constituted under federal legislation, the federal parliament also has the ultimate power to call a snap election in the ACT and the Northern Territory through

5546-538: The government's actions. Chrétien was directly attacked by the opposition parties for alleged corrupt involvement from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in providing funding to local projects in Chrétien's riding of Saint-Maurice . The Liberal Party focused its attacks on the Canadian Alliance, accusing it of being a dangerous right-wing movement that was dangerous to national unity. The Liberal Party's most tense problem

5640-622: The government's coalition partners – the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The leader of the AIADMK, J. Jayalalitha , had consistently threatened to withdraw support from the ruling coalition if certain demands were not met, in particular the sacking of the Tamil Nadu government, control of which she had lost three years prior. The BJP accused Jayalalitha of making the demands in order to avoid standing trial for

5734-412: The government, new elections were called for 20 September of the same year, 8 months after the previous ones . In Italy, national snap elections have been quite frequent in modern history, both under the Monarchy and in the current republican phase. After the foundation of the Italian Republic in 1946, the first snap election occurred in 1972 and the latest one in 2022. After significant changes in

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5828-448: The leadership of former Prime Minister Joe Clark . The PC Party had a very disappointing election, recording its lowest ever share of the national vote, falling from 20 to 12 seats, and being almost exclusively confined to the Maritime provinces . It won the 12 seats needed for Official party status in the House of Commons, however. Notes: "% change" refers to change from previous election * – Party did not nominate candidates in

5922-505: The lower house until the end of its 4-year term. Nationally, elections for president and parliament in Kazakhstan are held every seven and five years, respectively. According to the Constitutional Law, the President may call a snap election for both and must held no later than two months respectively after which they are called. Virtually every presidential election in Kazakhstan since independence had been held ahead of schedule in 1999 , 2005 , 2011 , 2015 , 2019 , and 2022 . In which

6016-425: The new laws, as Chrétien expected that the sovereigntists would lose such a referendum. The Liberal Party promised a number of government projects in Quebec to woo Quebec voters to the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party appealed to Canada's most populous province of Ontario by acting to restore funding that its government had cut in the 1990s in order to cut the deficit of the 1990s. The Liberal government established

6110-453: The normal expiration of the legislative period. Snap elections were held in 2014 when neither the Bulgarian Socialist Party nor GERB were able to form a coalition with a tied parliament. After the 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests there has been a political stalemate which has led to snap elections in July 2021 , November 2021 , 2022 (after the Petkov Government fell) and 2023 , with another snap election called for June 2024 , after

6204-405: The normal legislative process, although this has never occurred. After Khaleda Zia 's Bangladesh Nationalist Party five-year term ended in January 1996, the country went to the polls on 15 February 1996 , where elections were boycotted by all major opposition parties including BNP'S arch-rival Sheikh Hasina 's Awami League . The opposition had demanded a neutral caretaker government to oversee

6298-471: The opposition party leaders, and expected to be re-elected with comfortable majority. However, the 1990 Ontario general election backfired since it was interpreted as a sign of arrogance, with some cynically viewing it as an attempt to win another mandate before an anticipated economic recession. In the biggest upset in Ontario history, the Ontario New Democratic Party led by Bob Rae won an unprecedented majority government while Peterson lost his own seat to

6392-492: The other hand, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh annulled the election results which forced the BNP government to amend the constitution in a special parliamentary session by introducing the Caretaker government system as a part of the electoral reform. Eventually the BNP government was toppled and ousted when they resigned on 31 March 1996, and handed over power to the caretaker government. The caretaker government stayed in power for 90 days before new elections could be held. Finally

6486-471: The party fading from contention. While they did not force the Liberals into minority government or finally eclipse the PC party, they did retain their official opposition status, and increased their numbers in the House of Commons by six seats, from 60 to 66. The Alliance ended up winning only two Ontario ridings. On election night, controversy arose when a CBC producer's gratuitously sexist comment about Stockwell Day's daughter-in-law, Juliana Thiessen-Day ,

6580-452: The party won 51,206 votes, 3.22% of the popular vote. Teresa Taylor, daughter of leader Brian Taylor, captured the party's highest popular vote total with 1,136 and polled 5.6% in the conservative Okanagan-Westside district. After the election, Dana Larsen became leader, followed by Marc Emery when Larsen switched to the New Democratic Party in 2003. Emery also remains as president and chief organizer, despite having faced extradition to

6674-447: The party's base of support. The party had received little media attention during the election and 2000 as a whole, due to the media's focus on Canada's newest political party, the Canadian Alliance , the political comeback of former Prime Minister Joe Clark to the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party, and the leadership feud within the Liberal Party between Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin . The NDP did not expect to do well in

6768-534: The party's first leader during the 2001 provincial election. Taylor had been a prominent cannabis activist and was the former mayor of Grand Forks . The Marijuana Party was excluded from the televised leaders' debate, even though they were running more candidates than either the Green Party or the Unity Party , both of which were included. BC Marijuana Party members protested during the televised debate. In 2001,

6862-483: The policies within the large platform. The Bloc campaigned to try to win over previous supporters of the PC Party. This campaign strategy failed, as the Bloc lost seats to the Liberal Party due to the collapse of Quebec support for the Progressive Conservative Party, whose voters shifted to the Liberal Party. The Bloc won in 38 ridings, six ridings fewer than in the 1997 election. The New Democratic Party suffered badly in

6956-579: The polls, but it was rejected by the incumbent government and the election went on as scheduled. The BNP won by default, grabbing all the 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad and assumed power. The Awami League and its allies did not accept the results and called a month-long general strike and blockades to overthrow the BNP government. The general strike was marred by bloody violence including a grenade attack on Awami League's headquarters which killed scores of people. On

7050-612: The power to do this unilaterally. In France, under the Fifth Republic , while the National Assembly is elected for a five-year term, the President has the authority to dissolve the National Assembly and call an early election, provided the Assembly has not been dissolved in the preceding twelve months. When the presidential term of office was shortened from seven to five years in the 2000 French constitutional referendum , presidential terms became equal in length to legislative terms. Until

7144-405: The pretext of economic issues. New Zealand elections must be held every three years, and the date is determined by the prime minister . There have been three snap elections, in 1951, 1984 and 2002. Khan and Sharif then began to battle for control of Pakistan for the next two months. They both attempted to secure control over the regional assemblies and in particular, Punjab . In Punjab this saw

7238-1335: The previous election – percentage change from Reform Party of Canada in previous election. Source: Elections Canada The following seats changed allegiance from the 1997 election: 1. Champlain , QC : Marcel Gagnon (BQ) def. Julie Boulet (Lib) by 15 votes 2. Laval Centre , QC : Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral (BQ) def. Pierre Lafleur (Lib) by 42 votes 3. Leeds—Grenville , ON : Joe Jordan (Lib) def. Gord Brown (CA) by 55 votes 4. Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar , SK : Carol Skelton (CA) def. Dennis Gruending (NDP) by 68 votes 5. Yukon , YT : Larry Bagnell (Lib) def. Louise Hardy (NDP) by 70 votes 6. Tobique—Mactaquac , NB : Andy Savoy (Lib) def. Gilles Bernier (PC) by 150 votes 7. Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre , SK : Larry Spencer (CA) def. John Solomon (NDP) by 161 votes 8. Regina—Qu'Appelle , SK : Lorne Nystrom (NDP) def. Don Leier (CA) by 164 votes 9. Palliser , SK : Dick Proctor (NDP) def. Don Findlay (CA) by 209 votes 10. Matapédia—Matane , QC : Jean-Yves Roy (BQ) def. Marc Bélanger (Lib) by 276 votes 11. Cardigan , PE : Lawrence MacAulay (Lib) def. Kevin MacAdam (PC) by 276 votes Articles on parties' candidates in this election: Bold indicates parties with members elected to

7332-401: The prime minister has called elections at an earlier date. The President of Finland can call for an early election. As per the version of the 2000 constitution currently in use, the president can do this only upon proposal by the prime minister and after consultations with the parliamentary groups, while the Parliament is in session. In prior versions of the constitution, the President had

7426-543: The prime minister has the power to dissolve the lower house after so advising the Emperor . Almost all general elections of the lower house have been snap elections since 1947, when the current constitution was enacted. The only exception was 1976 election , when the Prime Minister Takeo Miki was isolated within his own Liberal Democratic Party . The majority of LDP politicians opposed Miki's decision not to dissolve

7520-442: The prime minister. Any election that occurs before the schedule is a snap election. During his 10 years as prime minister, Jean Chrétien recommended to the governor general to call two snap elections, in 1997 and 2000, winning both times. Wilfrid Laurier and John Turner , meanwhile, both lost their premierships in snap elections they themselves had called (in 1911 and 1984, respectively). The most notable federal snap election

7614-516: The reasoning behind for consecutive snap elections were due to economic and political factors with allegations for the Kazakh leadership to systemically maintain its grip on power while leaving the opposition consolidated and unprepared. Snap parliamentary elections have also become more frequent in Kazakhstan's politics. Originally the 1994 legislative election was held as a result of the dissolution of

7708-489: The riding of Chicoutimi—Le Fjord in spite of the Bloc's riding association's selection of Sylvain Gaudreault to run in the riding. The Bloc's 177 page platform was criticized as being far too large, and few copies were distributed and few internet users accessed the platform because of its length and it was rarely discussed during the campaign. Instead, the Bloc produced large numbers of copies of small booklets that outlined

7802-485: The snap election as a way for Canadians to choose which government leads them through Canada's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic . However, Trudeau was widely criticized for calling the snap election while the country was in the midst of a 4th wave of Covid. Following the election Trudeau managed to remain Prime Minister, but the Liberal Party failed to win a majority government. The Constitution of Peru allows for

7896-482: The states and territories, all except Tasmania have fixed election dates legislated into their constitutions or electoral laws and snap elections can only be called in extraordinary circumstances when certain conditions are met ( loss of confidence , loss of supply or, in the bicameral legislatures, a deadlocked bill). In Western Australia , the Premier retains the ability to call a snap election at any time despite

7990-676: The time the longest serving head of government in the European Union , announced his resignation over a spy scandal involving the Service de Renseignement de l'Etat (SREL). The review found Juncker deficient in his control over the service. After a spy scandal involving the SREL illegally wiretapping politicians, the Grand Duke and his family, and allegations of paying for favours in exchange for access to government ministers and officials leaked through

8084-430: Was health care which had risen in public opinion polls to be the most important issue for Canadians. The public was largely uninterested in the election, with commentators stating that voters expected a repeat of previous regionally divided elections that offered little chance of a change of government. The Liberals' final television advertisement, according to Stephen Clarkson 's The Big Red Machine , "emphasized

8178-584: Was accidentally broadcast on the Canadian networks' pooled election feed from Day's riding. The Bloc Québécois suffered from the unpopular decision of its provincial counterpart, the ruling Parti Québécois government's agenda to merge the communities surrounding Quebec City into one community. Many Québécois were angered by this decision and voted in protest against the Bloc or chose not to vote at all to demonstrate their frustration. Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe received negative media attention after he decided to personally appoint candidate Noël Tremblay to run in

8272-465: Was also the first election in which Nunavut was its own separate territory (before, it was part of the Northwest Territories ). On October 22, 2000, Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Jean Chrétien advised Governor General Adrienne Clarkson to dissolve parliament and call an election scheduled for November 27, 2000. This move has been viewed by commentators as an attempt to stem

8366-498: Was also the last election in which a single party won more than 40% of the popular vote, although the Conservative Party under Stephen Harper in 2011 (39.62%) and the Liberal Party under Justin Trudeau in 2015 (39.47%) would both come close. This was the only election contested by the Canadian Alliance and the last by the Progressive Conservatives (as they both merged into the Conservative Party of Canada in 2003). This

8460-493: Was dogged by accusations: introducing a two-tier health care —the party would allow private health care to exist alongside the public medicare system; and for threatening the protection of gay rights and abortion rights. The latter accusations tended to focus on the party's residual direct democracy provisions in their platform. The accusations against his party platform, along with Day's relative inexperience compared to decades-experienced fixtures like Clark and Chrétien, led to

8554-568: Was expected to appeal to more Ontario voters than Manning's reputation as a policy wonk , and after the United Alternative project had integrated the successful Provincial PCs in the party, the Canadian Alliance was hoping for major improvements. The Alliance campaigned on: cutting taxes by reducing the Federal taxation rate to two lower tax brackets, an end to the federal gun registration program, and importance of family values. The campaign

8648-653: Was replaced by former Prime Minister Joe Clark who was unpopular in Quebec which resulted in three PC members from Quebec defecting to join the Liberal Party prior to the election. In Quebec the recently passed Clarity Act by the federal government was controversial in that it demanded a clear and concise question on a new referendum on sovereignty. Chrétien defended the Clarity Act and attacked sovereigntist Quebec premier and former Bloc Québécois leader Lucien Bouchard , challenging him to hold another referendum on sovereignty under

8742-545: Was the ongoing leadership feud within the Liberal Party between Chrétien and Finance Minister Paul Martin who wanted to replace Chrétien as Liberal leader and Prime Minister. Due to the regionalized nature of previous elections, the Liberal Party designed its election strategy along regional lines, aiming to take every seat in Ontario, winning seats in Quebec from the Bloc Québécois, and winning seats in Atlantic Canada, while attempting to minimize losses in Western Canada to

8836-503: Was then appointed by the President , but narrowly lost a vote of confidence on 7 August, leading to its resignation six days later. The Chamber of Deputies then passed a motion dissolving itself on 20 August, with a call for new elections within 60 days after presidential assent. The President gave his assent on 28 August, scheduling the elections for 25 and 26 October 2013. In Denmark, Parliamentary elections take place every fourth year ( Danish Constitution art. 32, sec. 1); however,

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